Happy 80th birthday to Bob Dylan, rock’s most prescient, timeless voice | John Harris
[ad_1] When I first properly listened to Bob Dylan, I was 10 years old. Each Saturday, Radio 1 aired a series titled 25 Years of Rock, based on news and music spanning the years 1955 to 1979. And that week, in among archive clips of Lyndon Johnson, Harold Wilson, the Vietnam war and whatever else […]
My favourite Dylan song – by Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Jones, Judy Collins and more | Bob Dylan
[ad_1] Mick Jagger Desolation Row (1965) I was playing Bob Dylan records at my parents’ house when he was still an acoustic folk singer, but he was already very important and his lyrics were on point. The delivery isn’t just the words, it’s the accentuation and the moods and twists he puts on them. His […]
Olivia Rodrigo: Sour review – cathartic rage at teenage heartbreak | Olivia Rodrigo
[ad_1] Even in a world where streaming’s rise means chart records are broken all the time, the debut single by Disney star Olivia Rodrigo is an anomaly. Upon the release of Drivers License in January, it had the biggest first week for any song ever on Spotify – then hit the 100m streams mark faster […]
Twenty One Pilots: Scaled and Icy review – genre-hoppers find their happy place | Pop and rock
[ad_1] In 2019, Twenty One Pilots became the first act in US history to have every song on two separate albums certified gold, for 2013’s Vessel and 2015’s Blurryface. It’s an achievement suggestive of a groundbreaking cultural phenomenon, or at least a really great band. In reality, the Ohio duo specialise in an easily digestible […]
Lady Gaga says rape as teenager left her pregnant and caused ‘psychotic break’ | Lady Gaga
[ad_1] Lady Gaga has told new details about sexual assault she suffered when she was 19. Speaking on The Me You Can’t See, Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry’s new Apple TV+ series about mental health, she said the rape – that she first disclosed in 2014 – was by a music producer and left her […]
All the small things: how Blink 182’s Travis Barker became the most influential person in music | Music
[ad_1] The most influential person in music right now is Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. Don’t believe us? This year alone, 25 tracks featuring or produced by Barker have been released. He has worked with the new pop-punk era Willow Smith and TikTok e-boy turned singer Lil Huddy, signed TikTok emo Jxdn, produced Trippie Redd’s Neon […]
What’s Going On at 50: Marvin Gaye’s masterpiece is still so true to life | Marvin Gaye
[ad_1] Marvin Gaye’s classic 1971 record What’s Going On turns 50 this month, which means more people than ever will have occasion to note how timely it is. “He could have written What’s Going On yesterday,” poet Nikki Giovanni noted in an interview last autumn, explaining that the cover portrait of her 2020 collection, Make […]
Robert Plant’s teenage obsessions: ‘Stourbridge was our Beverly Hills’ | Robert Plant
[ad_1] The Welsh landscape I was an only child until I was 11, so my childhood was spent in this blissful otherworldly state, cycling with my dad through the Welsh borders, visiting castles and churches. Just 30 to 40 miles from the Black Country, everything would change: the landscape, language, folklore and the remoteness of […]
Animal rights charities criticise the Offspring over video of chimp in strip club | Punk
[ad_1] Animal rights charities have criticised chart-topping Californian punk band the Offspring for using chimpanzees to act like humans – including in a strip club – in their latest music video. Save the Chimps, a Florida-based sanctuary for chimpanzees that have been involved in scientific research, the entertainment industry and elsewhere, described the video as […]
‘Kawaiiii!’ Chai, the Japanese girl band reclaiming cuteness | Pop and rock
[ad_1] When the Japanese girl band Chai took to the stage of Yes in Manchester two years ago in matching bubblegum pink and hi-vis stripes, the critic Gary Ryan marvelled at how gloriously flamboyant they were. He loved their moves (bonkers), their pace (breakneck) and their Abba tribute (Dancing Queen). Chai, he wrote, are “this […]
